Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
May,  1896. 
Alumni  Association. 
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The  membership  now  numbers  2,710,  after  deducting  those  who  have  died, 
making  a  net  gain  of  200  new  members  for  the  year. 
The  report  of  the  Memorial  Committee  showed  that  20  of  the  members  had 
died  during  the  year. 
The  Secretary  also  paid  a  tribute  to  our  late  Treasurer,  Edward  C.  Jones,  and 
suggested  that,  upon  each  anniversary  of  his  death,  his  last  resting-place  be 
strewed  with  flowers,  as  a  tribute  to  his  memory. 
The  Treasurer,  Wm.  L.  Cliffe,  '84,  reported  the  receipts  from  all  sources, 
$4,103.80,  and  the  disbursements,  including  balance  due  College  as  quiz  money 
for  1894  and  1895,  and  balance  of  donations  to  electric  plant  fund,  $3,836.86, 
leaving  a  balance  in  the  treasury  of  $266.94. 
The  Committee  on  Revision  of  By-Laws  presented  a  complete  set  of  new 
by-laws  to  conform  to  the  new  charter,  which,  after  a  few  minor  alterations, 
were  unanimously  adopted. 
The  following  officers  were  elected  for  the  ensuing  year : 
President,  Dr.  J.  Louis  D.  Morison,  '88;  First  Vice-President,  Harry  L.  Stiles, 
'85  ;  Second  Vice-President,  James  C.  Perry,  '91  ;  Treasurer,  Wm.  Lincoln 
Cliffe,  '84;  Secretary,  Wm.  E.  Krewson,  '69;  Corresponding  Secretary,  F.  Wm. 
E.  Stedem,  '82.  Board  of  Directors,  for  three  years  :  Wallace  Procter,  '72  ;  C. 
Carroll  Meyer,  '73;  Wm.  A.  Bullock,  '86,  and  Theodore  Campbell,  '93;  for  two 
.years,  to  fill  two  vacancies:  Jacob  S.  Beetem,  '78,  and  Cornelius  E.  Spencely,  '78. 
Second  Vice-President  Jos.  Crawford,  '84,  positively  declined  the  nomination 
for  any  office,  on  account  of  pressure  of  business  duties. 
The  thirty-second  annual  reception,  to  the  seventy-fifth  graduating  class,  was 
held  in  Association  Hall,  corner  Fifteenth  and  Chestnut  Streets,  on  Monday 
evening,  April  13,  1896,  and  was  a  very  successful  and  pleasant  event. 
An  interesting  concert  programme  was  played  by  Bastert's  Parlor  Orchestra. 
President  Jacob  S.  Beetem  presided,  and  made  a  few  introductory  remarks,  and 
welcomed  the  new  members. 
Charles  Howard  Meredith,  of  Media,  Pa.,  delivered  the  annual  class  oration, 
which  was  well  rendered,  and  he  paid  a  glowing  tribute  to  our  late  Treasurer, 
Edward  C.  Jones  ;  Freeman  Preston  Stroup,  of  Rouseville,  Pa.,  recited  the 
poem  dedicated  to  the  graduating  class  ;  Charles  Thomas  Ink,  of  Columbiana, 
O.,  gave  the  history  of  the  Class  of  1896;  and  Kingsley  C.  T.  Schneider,  of 
Berea,  O.,  foretold  the  future  of  the  class  in  a  highly  creditable  manner. 
The  Alumni  Gold  Medal  was  presented  to  Louis  Peter  Carstens,  of  Daven- 
port, la. ;  and  the  eight  prize  certificates,  for  the  highest  general  average  in 
each  of  the  branches,  were  awarded  to  the  following  students  : 
Pharmacy,  John  Henry  Miller,  Ephrata,  Pa. ;  chemistry,  Johann  Heinrich 
Schroeder,  Bossum,  Germany;  materia  medica,  Edgar  Franklin  Heffher,  Cen- 
tralia,  Pa.;  pharmacognosy  (specimens),  Jos.  Wm.  Ehman,  Williamsport,  Pa.; 
general  pharmacy  (committee),  Leon  Kahn  Baldauf,  Henderson,  Ky.;  oper- 
ative pharmacy,  Miss  Olive  Curtis  Johnson,  Danville,  Pa. ;  analytical  chemis- 
try, Aaron  Henry  Zullinger,  Chambersburg,  Pa. ;  microscopical  botany  (vege- 
table histology),  Robert  Suthers  Sherwin,  Scranton,  Pa.;  for  the  best  collection 
of  indigenous  plants,  Albert  Wm.  Stahel,  Roscobel,  Wis.  The  prize  for  the 
highest  general  average  of  the  Junior  Class,  to  Clarence  Osborne  Snavely, 
Lebanon,  Pa. 
